In its most basic form, carb cycling (or carbohydrate cycling) is an approach to eating in which you greatly restrict your carbohydrate intake for a set period of days, followed by a brief period of medium to high carbohydrate intake. Then you repeat this cycling process: carbs off for a while, then on briefly, then [...]
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Introducing Smoothie Wizard. The magic of eating healthy!
For some time now, I thought it would be really helpful if there was a place I could go to enter the ingredients I have in my kitchen, click a button, and various smoothie recipes I could make would appear out of nowhere. “Someone really needs to build that,” I thought to myself. Well, that [...]
The Ultimate Reset Review: Week 3
For the uninitiated, The Ultimate Reset is a complete, 21-day, 3-phase program that provides you with everything you need to Reclaim your body’s natural balance, Release the harmful materials you may be storing within you, and Restore your system to its maximum health. Here’s The Ultimate Reset Week 1 Review in case you missed it, as well as The Ultimate Reset Week [...]
The Ultimate Reset Review: Week 2
For the uninitiated, The Ultimate Reset is a complete, 21-day, 3-phase program that provides you with everything you need to Reclaim your body’s natural balance, Release the harmful materials you may be storing within you, and Restore your system to its maximum health. Here’s my Ultimate Reset Week 1 Review in case you missed it. Week 2 on The Ultimate Reset Day [...]
The Ultimate Reset Review: Week 1
For the uninitiated, The Ultimate Reset is a complete, 21-day, 3-phase program that provides you with everything you need to Reclaim your body’s natural balance, Release the harmful materials you may be storing within you, and Restore your system to its maximum health. Week 1 on The Ultimate Reset Day 1: The Ultimate Reset started today, and I have to say, it [...]
Healthy eating can be an illusion
Quick guess of where the photos were taken … Subway? Wrong. Whole Foods? Wrong again. Last chance. Google Cafe? (Insert loud buzzer noise here) No my friend, that’s the picture on the wall of the Thornton’s Gas Station near my house. AHHHHH, now it makes sense, right? Cause, you know, all that healthy, fresh food [...]
Problems with dairy? Here’s one way to find out.
Do you have problems with dairy? Maybe you didn’t think so until all the attention dairy started getting with the Vegan and Paleo diet movements. Or maybe you knew you had problems with dairy from the way it made you feel. Or better yet, the way it made you feel when you didn’t have dairy [...]
Organize your kitchen pantry
As the first step to good kitchen organization, I want to encourage you to organize your kitchen pantry. It can be the difference between preparing healthy meals and unhealthy ones, between a happy cooking experience and a frustrating one, and between a high-speed clean up and a lengthy clean up. Not sure where to begin? [...]
Sugar could prevent you and your family from getting fit
Sugar sure tastes great and can provide some quick energy. But that’s where the benefits end. When you feed your body sugar, you are giving it energy now and telling it to hold on to whatever energy it may have been planning on using… namely your fat. So cutting back (or out) your sugar can [...]
What is the cost of Shakeology? Get a FREE sample.
The cost of Shakeology is really a great value when you crunch the numbers. I say it all the time to my team, people I coach, my family, and my friends on FAN (Fitness Accountability Network): 80% of your fitness success comes from proper nutrition. And for my nutrition, I rely heavily on Shakeology. It’s [...]
The superfoods of Shakeology. A review by O! Magazine
By Susan Casey Apr 05, 2011 O’s editor in chief travels to Peru to experience a trove of life-giving superfoods that just might revolutionize your view of nutrition. Around 4 o’clock on any given morning, Darin Olien will walk into his Malibu, California, kitchen and make himself a smoothie. This will not be an ordinary [...]
Beachbody Challenge Groups are here and can save you money
Beachbody has set the bar with their wide range of DVD workouts and nutritional products. And now, they’ve decided to raise it by creating Beachbody Challenge Groups and Beachbody Challenge Packs. The idea is to combine the following: 1) Fitness. There is no question that Beachbody offers some of the best, if not THE best, workouts on the planet. [...]
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